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Providing Mobility to Hermosillo, Mexico
In late January Rotary District 5490 visited Hermosillo, Mexico and distributed 110 wheelchairs. Rebecca Wilks, MD, a Past President of Peoria North Rotary Club, attended the distribution and wrote the below story. “I have some history with the Wheelchair Foundation. I’d read Ken Behring’s Book, Road to Purpose. Our club honors High School Students…
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Students Get a Glimpse of Life in a Wheelchair
This article borrowed from the San Ramon Patch article published on Oct. 16, 2013 by Jane McInnis (Editor) Understanding the difficulty of getting around in a wheelchair has been a hands-on lesson for students at Montevideo Elementary. Last week, Montevideo Elementary’s physical education classes were a little different from norm: rather than ball being…
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Added Comfort For Physically Disabled
This article was borrowed from the Seychelles Nation website from Oct 8 2013 Added Comfort For Physically Disabled Children and Elderly The Rotary Club of Victoria in partnership with an international non-profit body called Wheelchair Foundation have together brought added comfort to the lives of 10 people with physical disabilities. Ten wheelchairs were handed…
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Wheels for Chairs – "RUSH" A Ron Howard Film
On Thursday, September 26th 2013, there will be a special advance screening of the movie RUSH from Two-time Academy Award® winner Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon) at Century Theatre in the Blackhawk Plaza at 7:00 pm along with a reception that begins at 5:30 at the Blackhawk Musuem. A $25 per person donation* will…
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Wheelchairs for Fiji
In August of 2013, Wheelchair Foundation shipped 110 wheelchairs to Fiji. Below are excerpts borrowed from the Fiji Sun.com news articles which you can read in their entirety here and here. Receiving 18 of the 110 delivered wheelchairs, the president of the Rotary Club of Fiji, Adrain Hughes, said wheelchairs were one of the most…
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Wheelchair to Water – Wheelchair Foundation assists a veteran with a little "Surf Action".
A couple of months ago, we received an email from Mr. Bradley Cook, who’s involved with “Surf Action,” an organization dedicated to helping military veterans and their families affected by PTSD and physical injuries. Below is his letter. “Hello, my name is Bradley Cook. I live in Bude, Cornwall. I am involved with a group…
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Giving The Gift of Mobility
Pleasanton students learn firsthand about worldwide need for wheelchairs by Glenn Wohltmann – This story first published in Pleasanton Weekly and PleasantonWeekly.com Dozens of Pleasanton elementary and middle school kids have a new perspective on what it means to be wheelchair bound. Schools teamed up with the Wheelchair Foundation to learn and to help…
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A Flight Of Honor And Of Meaning
This article was written by Lou Bender for the Tallahassee Democrat and has been edited for content length. To read the original online article click here. Images were provided by Capt. Scott Barry, Special Operations / Field Operations Supervisor Leon County EMS. As one of the 81 World War II veterans privileged and humbled to…
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The Wheelchair Foundation: Giving Hope – Gaining Purpose
This article taken in it’s entirety and written by Jody Morgan appeared in both the Danville Today News as well as the Alamo Today. The Wheelchair Foundation has delivered nearly 920,000 wheelchairs in over 150 countries since its inception in 2000. As founder Kenneth Behring’s original goal of giving one million wheelchairs to disabled…
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A Story Of Friendship, Hope and Mobility
David Behring, the President of Wheelchair Foundation, tells a brief story of how meeting a young wheelchair recipient in Vietnam has turned into a lifetime friendship. Tran Nghia was a 17 year old high school girl in Hanoi when I first met her. She had been born with a neurological disorder that never allowed her…